Bug#1106116: apt: German locale problem

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 01:09:28PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 09:27:45PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 08:54:17PM +0200, Alex wrote:
> > > Package: apt
> > > Version: 3.0.1
> > > Severity: minor
> > > Tags: l10n
> > > 
> > > Dear Maintainer,
> > > the German localization of "REMOVING" (in the overview what will be
> > > instealled and removed) is currently "ENTFERNUNG", what is not the word
> > > one would usually use. It is not completely wrong, but ambiguous (it
> > > could also mean "distance") and uncommon in that use. One could try
> > > something like "Deinstallation", but possibly all headlines could be
> > > adapated not to use the passive form, as "Aktualisierung" also reads a
> > > bit uncommen (but acceptable). The sentence "Abhängigkeiten werden
> > > installiert" is fine. So maybe restructure it into:
> > > 
> > > Pakete, die installiert werden:
> > > 
> > > Abhängigkeiten, die installiert werden:
> > > 
> > > Pakete, die ENTFERNT werden:
> > 
> > It's a bit of a nightmare, but it should be
> > 
> > Installiere: (Installing:)
> > 
> > Installiere Abhängigkeiten: (Installing dependencies:)
> > 
> > ENTFERNE: (REMOVING:)
> > 
> > Sometimes I'm not sure people actually pay attention and run the
> > thing they translated to make sure the wording is actually correct
> > and consistent and in the same visual spirit.
> > 
> > And I did not review each translation in detail, apologies.
> > 
> > The design and motivation is explained in the interface guidelines
> > 
> > https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/blob/main/doc/design/install.md?ref_type=heads
> 
> I now have this:
> 
> jak@jak-t14-g3 ~/P/D/apt (3.0.y)> LC_ALL=de_DE.utf-8 apt install ubuntu-desktop -s apt=3.1.0ubuntu3 --no-strict-pinning hello xterm-
> HINWEIS: Dies ist nur eine Simulation!
>          apt benötigt root-Privilegien für die reale Ausführung.
>          Behalten Sie ebenfalls in Hinterkopf, dass die Sperren deaktiviert
>          sind, verlassen Sie sich also bezüglich des reellen aktuellen
>          Status der Sperre nicht darauf!
> 
> Aktualisiere:
>   ubuntu-desktop
> 
> Installiere:
>   hello
> 
> Installiere Abhängigkeiten:
>   hwctl
> 
> ZURÜCK ZU ÄLTERER VERSION:
>   apt  apt-dbgsym  apt-utils

^ ERSETZE DURCH ÄLTERER VERSION

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